Movies I’ve Seen in 2013

[shadowfireflame]

I watch a lot of movies and TV series, so this year (as of January 1, 2013) I’m going to write down the ones I watch so that I can remember come December! If you’re interested in seeing any of them, I can certainly share my thoughts. :)


::: Animation :::

• Arthur Christmas


• Brave


• Dante’s Inferno: An Animated Epic


• Hotel Transylvania


• Monsters University


• ParaNorman


• Rise of the Guardians


• The Road to El Dorado (omg, sooo slashy)


• Watership Down (bunnies being fucking brutal, man)


• Wreck-It Ralph (loved this—see my full review here)

::: Documentaries :::

• Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey


• Blackfish (very eye-opening)


• The Cove


• Ethos: A Time for Change


• Great White Shark


• The Invisible War


• Jerusalem


• Jiro Dreams of Sushi


• Surviving Progress


• Terms and Conditions May Apply


• WikiRebels: The Documentary (entirely because Benedict Cumberbatch is playing Julian Assange)


• Worst in Show (all the drama of dog shows, except for the world’s ugliest dog)


• The Yes Men Fix the World

::: In-Theater Movies :::

• 12 Years a Slave


• 42


• American Hustle


• The Book Thief (curiously muted and unmoving)


• Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away (unique experience, but too much slow-motion)


• The Dallas Buyers Club


• The Day of the Doctor (fun fannish experience)


• Dead Man Down


• Django Unchained


• Don Jon


• The East


• Elysium


• Ender’s Game


• The Family


• The Fifth Estate (full review here)


• Gangster Squad (didn’t really enjoy this one)


• Gravity


• The Great Gatsby


• The Hangover Part III


• Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters


• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (!!! Full review here.)


• Iron Man 3


• Jobs


• Les Misérables


• The Lone Ranger


• Mama


• Man of Steel (almost laughably bad, though pretty)


• Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (not good, but at least Jace is gorgeous)


• Now You See Me (great except for the resolution)


• Oz the Great and Powerful


• Pacific Rim


• Parker (laughably bad)


• The Place Beyond the Pines


• Prometheus


• Rush


• Silver Linings Playbook


• Snitch (decent propaganda to change drug enforcement laws)


• Spring Breakers


• Star Trek Into Darkness (review here)


• Stoker


• This is the End (actually very funny)


• Trance (the resolution is not as cool as the premise)


• The Wolf of Wall Street (fantastic; so far the best movie I’ve seen in 2013)


• The Wolverine


• The World’s End


• Zero Dark Thirty

::: Film (Newer) :::

• Beasts of the Southern Wild (really interesting and different, about one community's response to Hurricane Katrina)


• Beautiful Creatures


• The Campaign


• Casa de mi Padre (Christina Aguilera’s title song is better than the actual movie)


• The Dark Knight Rises (too long and Tom Hardy was wasted in this role; Catwoman is the best part of this)


• The Dictator


• Dredd


• Fat Kid Rules the World


• Flight


• A Good Day to Die Hard (yuck)


• The Heat


• John Dies at the End


• Moonrise Kingdom


• Mud


• Pitch Perfect (weirdly homophobic?)


• Premium Rush (sorry, JGL, this is too silly for me)


• Red Tails


• Safety Not Guaranteed


• The Sessions


• World War Z

::: Film (Older) :::

• 2001: A Space Odyssey


• The Addams Family


• Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging


• The Blue Lagoon


• Charlotte Gray


• Conspiracy (omg, so good)


• Copenhagen (I preferred the radio play)


• Cracks (Eva Green, my fem!Sherlock, and Juno Temple, who was in Atonement with Benedict—awesome!)


• The Debt (for Martin Freeman and Amanda Abbington being married!)


• Doctor Who (1996)


• Eichmann


• Equus (thanks, Daniel Radcliffe)


• Erin Brockovich


• The Exam (intriguing)


• The First Grader


• Flatland


• Four Brothers (Garrett Hedlund is so attractive)


• Four Lions (for Benedict’s cameo)


• Ghost World


• Holy Flying Circus (about Monty Python! Love!!)


• Houdini’s Death Defying Acts (lovely cast)


• I Know Where I’m Going!


• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat


• The Karate Kid


• The Killer Inside Me


• Killing Bono (loved the guy from Misfits in this)


• Man on the Moon


• Mao’s Last Dancer


• Moon


• Moth Diaries (really liked this; great adaptation of one of my favorite books)


• Notes on a Scandal


• Orlando


• Perfect Sense (interesting movie about humanity losing their five senses; reminded me of thisprettywren’s Spectrum verse)


• Precious


• Shame


• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (for...Benedict-related reasons...also, omg, so much slashiness between Kirk and Spock)


• The Truman Show


• Tucker: the Man and His Dream


• The Watch


• Win Win


• Wrecked (very slow, but I still love you, Adrian Brody!)

::: Film (Foreign) :::

• Black Book (Netherlands; a brilliant female spy in World War II)


• Doomsday Book (South Korea)


• Hero (China; rewatching one of my favorite movies ever!)


• I’m a Cyborg, but that’s OK (South Korea; cute mental institution love story)


• Incendies (France; epic story about a woman’s epically tragic life in the Middle East)


• The Intouchables (France; very touching story of a paralyzed man and his unconventional caretaker)


• Lady Vengeance (South Korea; women's prisons and awesomeness)


• Lust, Caution (China; a wonderful actress as a spy during World War II)


• The Raid: Redemption (Indonesia; love this storyline)


• A Separation (Iran; amazing film with great empathy toward each character)


• Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (China; very moving and so much femmeslash potential)


• Stalingrad (Germany; disturbing WWII drama)


• Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (South Korea)


• Thirst (South Korea; vampires!!)


• Three Extremes (China, South Korea, and Japan)

::: Radio / Podcasts :::

• The Beekeeper’s Apprentice (review here)


• Cabin Pressure (continues to be amazing)


• Copenhagen (with Benedict—amazing; review here)


• Neverwhere (review here)


• Welcome to Night Vale (review here; transcripts here)

::: TV / Drama :::

• 30 Rock (last season *cries*)


• Appropriate Adult (impressive, but I don’t feel that Dominic West should have beaten Benedict Cumberbatch in his Best Actor for TV BAFTA)


• Arrested Development


• Breaking Bad


• Broadchurch


• Brooklyn 99 (very, very funny)


• Community


• Doctor Who (with Matt Smith)


• Elementary (has really grown on me since the pilot)


• Game of Thrones


• Game Change


• Generation Kill


• Hannibal (mmm, cannibalism; review here)


• Hemlock Grove


• House of Cards (U.S.) (amazing, almost as good as the British version)


• How I Met Your Mother


• League of Gentlemen


• Mad Men


• Misfits (really great)


• The Neighbors (really adorable aliens-move-in-next-door trope; my favorite new show)


• The Office (U.S.) (last season *cries*)


• Once Upon a Time


• Orange is the New Black (review here)


• Parks and Recreation


• Rectify (with Adelaide Clemens from Parade’s End)


• Sleepy Hollow (so much fun; two great leads)


• White Collar

I will continue to update this at the end of each month, and we’ll see where we are at the end of the year!

Comments

[daasgrrl.livejournal.com]

Oh, cool, love this! I do enjoy seeing what other people are watching (and reading) *g*

I don't remember talking to you about Les Mis? What did you think? And I know there's been some controversy over Django Unchained, but the consensus seems to be it's very good. Not quite sure I'm enthused enough to see it, but would be keen to hear your opinion as well.

[shadowfireflame.livejournal.com]

Django--Okay, well, I really quite like Quentin Tarrantino's movies. My favorite is Inglorious Basterds, which I loved so much, but I also like the Kill Bill series. Most of his movies have a particular/peculiar style with lots of violence, surprising character development that isn't afraid to venture into darker sides (even of female characters), interesting use of music, and a labeling of the film into different sections. The way his films portray female characters in particular always strikes me as progressive and impressive.

In Django, though, his particular style wasn't on display as much, and the story was a very male-centric one (save the damsel in distress and get revenge using violence). The morality spectrum was also much less complex that I'm used to with his movies (each character seemed to be on one extreme or another), and the tone seemed off for a film depicting one of the most brutal and horrific institutions in U.S. history. So I left feeling like it was a good movie telling a story I had seen before, and there wasn't much that was special about it, so I was rather disappointed on that front. But definitely worth watching and deserves its Best Picture nomination!

Was there controversy? I suppose because of the language used? It rang historically accurate to me. I would rather films be honest about how racism was (and continues to be) so embedded in daily society it comes out in language than to, well, white-wash the past.

Les Mis--I basically agree with your review except that I didn't mind Hugh Jackman and I didn't think Anne Hathaway was that amazing. :) Very visually pretty, but the music was not done well, and what's the point then? In my opinion, viewers could do better to watch the 1998 version with Liam Neeson and Geoffrey Rush, which was much superior, and then to listen to the original Broadway recording.

:)

[moia.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's a lot of stuff. I only watch Elementary -it grew on me as well. :)

[shadowfireflame.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's good to hear that it's grown on you as well! :)

I watch a lot of stuff and am always forgetting what I saw and when, so I figured I'd keep a list this year. :)

[appleling.livejournal.com]

I LOVE Django Unchained! (Actually I love Dr. King Schultz and pretty looking coat!) And OMG I love Les Misérables too! I thought I’m a Cyborg, but that’s OK is cute but pretty typical for a South Korean rom coms. For South Korean rom coms, nothing beats My Sassy Girl and My Tutor Friend... oh, and 100 Days with Mr. Arrogant. Sure, they have cliche storylines but the chemistry between if main female lead and the male lead is just too cute and genuine to ignore :D Thirst is good enough for a Korean horror/thriller/dark comedy movie but I've seen better ones.

[shadowfireflame.livejournal.com]

Oh, cool! I'm slowly collecting South Korean movies, lol (just put up the list here), so I will add those to the list! :) Thanks!

[appleling.livejournal.com]

Yay! You should! Add this one to your list too: Running Man. It's a Korean reality tv show thing and it's hilarious, plus super fun and cute! To be honest, it's the funniest show I've ever seen and so very addictive!

[shadowfireflame.livejournal.com]

Sweet, thanks! I've seen episodes of that when my favorite idols are in it (like when DBSK was on, and some clips from when SHINee was on), and it was so funny!